Bible Verses About Righteous One: 12

"You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you."

— Acts 3:14 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about the Righteous One want Scripture on Jesus as the Righteous One — Greek dikaios in Acts 3:14 (also Acts 7:52, 22:14; 1 John 2:1) — not only a general righteousness inventory, not Jehovah Tsidkenu alone, and not the Holy One hagios title alone. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Related lists: Bible verses about righteousness, Bible verses about Jehovah Tsidkenu, Bible verses about the Holy One, Bible verses about Jesus, Bible verses about Christ, Bible verses about hope, Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about justification, and Bible verse of the day. Righteous One here means the Acts / Johannine dikaios title for Jesus — distinct from righteousness-alone or Jehovah-Tsidkenu surveys.

Word study (lead theme). In Greek, δίκαιος dikaios (Strong's G1342; Bible Hub G1342) — righteous, just, innocent; used as a Messianic title in Acts 3:14 ("the Holy and Righteous One"), Acts 7:52, Acts 22:14, and 1 John 2:1 ("Jesus Christ, the Righteous One"). This list tracks that Righteous One title for Jesus, not the whole righteousness / justification inventory and not the Jehovah-Tsidkenu name alone.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 3 presses that they denied the Holy One and the Just — preferring a murderer to the Prince of life (Bible Hub MHC Acts 3; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Acts 3). (Righteousness and holy-one lists live on those pages; this list centers dikaios / the Righteous One.)

12 Bible verses about the Righteous One

1. Acts 3:14. "You disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you." The Holy and Righteous One — dikaios. See Bible verses about the Holy One.

2. Acts 7:52. "Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—" The coming of the Righteous One. See Bible verses about prophecy.

3. Acts 22:14. "Then he said: 'The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth.'" To see the Righteous One. See Bible verses about calling.

4. 1 John 2:1. "My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One." Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. See Bible verses about advocate.

5. 1 Peter 3:18. "For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit." The righteous for the unrighteous. See Bible verses about atonement.

6. Luke 23:47. "The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God and said, 'Surely this was a righteous man.'" Surely this was a righteous man. See Bible verses about the cross.

7. Matthew 27:19. "While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message: 'Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.'" That innocent / righteous man. See Bible verses about Jesus.

8. James 5:6. "You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you." Murdered the innocent / righteous one. See Bible verses about justice.

9. 2 Timothy 4:8. "Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." The Lord, the righteous Judge. See Bible verses about hope.

10. Revelation 19:11. "I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war." With justice he judges. See Bible verses about faithful and true.

11. Zechariah 9:9. "Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." Your king — righteous and victorious. See Bible verses about king of kings.

12. Isaiah 32:1. "See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with justice." A king will reign in righteousness. See Bible verses about hope.

How to use these verses

Pick one verse when you need Jesus as the Righteous One — not twelve as a grind. If you need Acts 3:14 dikaios, start there. If you need Jesus Christ the Righteous One as advocate, open 1 John 2:1. If you need the righteous for the unrighteous, open 1 Peter 3:18. For righteousness more broadly, open Bible verses about righteousness. For Jehovah Tsidkenu, open Bible verses about Jehovah Tsidkenu. For a daily verse, open Bible verse of the day.

Questions people ask

What is a good Bible verse about the Righteous One?

Acts 3:14 (the Holy and Righteous One), Acts 7:52 (the coming of the Righteous One), and 1 John 2:1 (Jesus Christ, the Righteous One) are clear starting places.

How do Bible verses about the Righteous One differ from righteousness alone?

Righteousness pages often survey imputed righteousness, hunger for righteousness, and right living. This page centers dikaios as a title for Jesus — the Righteous One in Acts and 1 John — then cross-links righteousness. See Bible verses about righteousness.

What does dikaios mean?

Greek dikaios (G1342) means righteous, just, or innocent. In Acts 3:14, 7:52, and 22:14, and in 1 John 2:1, it names Jesus as the Righteous One.

How is the Righteous One different from Jehovah Tsidkenu?

Jehovah Tsidkenu ("the Lord our righteousness") is the Jeremiah name for the righteous Branch. This page centers the New Testament dikaios title for Jesus. See Bible verses about Jehovah Tsidkenu.

How can I remember these verses?

Read Acts 3:14, then 1 John 2:1. Thank God that Jesus is the Righteous One and our advocate. For the Holy One beside that confession, open Bible verses about the Holy One. For justification, open Bible verses about justification.

Sources

• Blue Letter Bible lexicon: G1342 (links above).
• Bible Hub Greek entries and Matthew Henry Concise on Acts 3 (links above).
• Cross-links: righteousness, Jehovah Tsidkenu, Holy One, Jesus, Christ, hope, faith, justification, advocate, atonement, the cross, justice, prophecy, calling, faithful and true, king of kings.